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Product Bulletin No. 2269

Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® Media Gateway Manager (MGM) 2.0. The last day to order the Cisco MGM 2.0 is February 20, 2004. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until February 19, 2007. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco MGM 2.0.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco MGM 3.0, which provides northbound CORBA and enhanced SNMP support. Information about this product can be found at:

Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco MGM 2.0 to the MGM 3.0.

Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco MGM 2.0

Milestone

Definition

Date

End-of-life announcement date

The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.

August 24, 2003

End-of-sale date

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale.

February 20, 2004

Last shipment date

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead-time.

May 20, 2004

End of software maintenance releases date

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

February 19, 2005

End of new service attachment date

For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.

February 19, 2005

End of service contract renewal date

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.

February 19, 2006

Last date of support

The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

February 19, 2007

Table 2 Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

VG-MGMT-LIC-S

VG-MGMT-LIC-S=

Cisco MGM Right To Use License for Cisco Voice Internetworking Service Module (VISM) card

VG-MGMT-LIC-M

VG-MGMT-LIC-M=

Cisco MGM Right To Use License for VISM-PR card

VG-CMGM-2.0

VG-CMGM-2.0=

Cisco MGM R2.0 Software Media Kit

VG-CMGM-2.0 DEMO=

Demo Media Kit

SP-SAS-VGCMGM2

SP-SAS-VGMGMT-M2

SP-SAS-VGMGMT-S2

CON-BCS9-VGCMGM2

CON-BCS9-VGMGMT-M2

CON-BCS9-VGMGMT-S2

CON-BES9-VGCMGM2

CON-BES9-VGMGMT-M2

CON-BES9-VGMGMT-S2

CON-CSSPS-VGCMGM2

CON-CSSPS-VGMGMTM2

CON-CSSPS-VGMGMTS2

CON-NSAS-VGCMGM2

CON-NSAS-VGMGMT-M2

CON-NSAS-VGMGMT-S2

CON-P1S-VGCMGM2

CON-P1S-VGMGMT-M2

CON-P1S-VGMGMT-S2

CON-P2S-VGCMGM2

CON-P2S-VGMGMT-M2

CON-P2S-VGMGMT-S2

CON-REF-VGCMGM2

CON-REF-VGMGMT-M2

CON-REF-VGMGMT-S2

Service Contracts

Product Migration Options

The recommended replacement for the Cisco MGM 2.0 is the MGM 3.0 or MGM 3.1 (when available) (Table 3). Cisco MGM 3.0 and 3.1 provide support for the latest management features and Cisco MGX® hardware.